Startup · $270m raised
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Moula raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Acorn Capital | Series D+ | - |
| Liberty Financial Group | Series D+ | - |
| Scalare Partners | Series D+ | - |
Companies Moula acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Aris Allegos | CEO and Co-founder | Startup Daily, Australian FinTech (Mon 9 Dec 2019), Australian FinTech (Thu 7 Mar 2019), Stone & Chalk |
Stories naming Moula. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
A Techboard funding report shows Victorian fintechs took nearly 80% of $2 billion allocated to Australian startups last financial year, led by PEXA's $1.6 billion acquisition and Judo Bank's $930 million raise.
Online mortgage marketplace Funding.com.au has raised $3.7 million in Series A funding from Equity Venture Partners, with an EVP investment director joining its board.
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Moula has closed a $20 million Series D round led by wealth manager Escala Partners, with existing shareholders Liberty Financial and Acorn Capital also allocating, after strong 2019 loan book growth.
Also Startup Daily
Techboard's quarterly report tallies record funding for Australian startups in early 2019, led by the PEXA sale and Airwallex's raise, while flagging that private investment growth may be slowing.
Techboard's March 2019 quarterly report records over $2.6 billion in startup funding, driven by CBA's PEXA acquisition, Airwallex's unicorn round, several large raises, and a warning that early-stage deal flow is shrinking.
Also Startup News (WA)
Techboard's quarterly report finds March 2019 Australian startup funding passed $2.7 billion, driven by the PEXA sale, while Airwallex's Series C created the period's second local unicorn, though a downturn is forecast.
Stone & Chalk announces Leona Murphy as its incoming chairman and seven new board members drawn from fintechs and corporate partners, while two long-serving directors step down.